Resilient mounting



Aug. 14, 1945- -L. WALLERSTEIN, JR ,3

RESILIENT MOUNTING" Filed Oct. 29, 1942 2 'Sheets-Shet 1 I" .I. I J 1 5 VI'IIII karm Aug. 14, 1945.

L. WALLERSTEIN, JR

RES ILIENT MOUNTING Filed 001:. 29', 1942 2 Sheets-Sheet 2 Patented Aug. 14, 1945 RESILIENT MOUNTING Leon Wallerstein, Jr., Erie, Pa., assignor to Lord Manufacturing Company, Erie, Pa., a corporation oi! Pennsylvania Application October 29, 1942, Serial. No. 463,739

The present .invention is directed to resilient 7 Claims.

mountings and is designed to provide such a mounting that may, through simple adjustment or variation, provide a wide range of deflection characteristics.

In carrying out the invention, the mounting is formed with a plurality of units, these units having diflerent characteristics, the units supplementing each other and associated to provide the desired resultant deflection characteristic.

The invention is also one capable of withstanding severe shocks in all directions and one in which the movement is limited by the metal parts so as to provide ample safety in its use.

In carrying out the invention, the supplemental units preferably provide those subjected to shear and direct stress under load in one direction and place the resilient element in shear and direct stress in a reverse order. of these supplementing units, almost any variation in the resultant characteristic as desired may be accomplished.

Features and details of the invention will appear more fully from the specification and claims.

Preferred embodiments oi. the invention are 11-- lustrated in the accompanying drawings as follows:

Fig. 1 shows a central vertical section through a mounting on the line i-I in Figs. 4 and with the parts in neutral.

Fig. 2 a similar view with the parts under axial load.

Fig. 3 a similar view with the parts under horizontal load, the load being directed toward the right, as seen in that figure.

Fig. 4 a half plan view of the mounting.

Fig. 5 a halt section on the line 8-5 in Fig. 1.

Fig. 6 a view similar to Fig. 1 except that two of the units (top and bottom) are preloaded.

Fig. 7 a similar view with the mounting as a whole under axial load.

Fig. 8 a view similar to Fig. 6 but with the mounting as a whole under horizontal load toward the right.

Fig. 9 a view having parts similar to Fig. 1 except the central and bottom members are preloaded against each other.

Fig. 10 a view similar to Fig. 9 with the mounting'under axial load.

Fig. 11 a view similar to Fig. 9 with the mounting subjected to horizontal load toward the right.

Fig. 12 corresponds to Fig. 10, and shows under axial load a structure similar to that oi. Fig. 9

except that the amount of preloading is varied.

By varying the relation.

both axial and radial loads, and with at least one of the units related to another of the units so that at least one unit is. subjected to shear stress for i any type of loading, accompanied by direct stress Fig. 13 a view similar to Fig. 1, but subject to or no stress in. its companion unit.

Fig. 14 shows a view similar to Fig. 1 but subject to both axial and radial loads, except that all units are attached so that each one. is subjected to direct stress through either compression or tension, or to shear stress depending on the direction of load, and are releated to carry the load through shear stress of at least one unit, supplemented by direct stress of at least one other unit.

Referring to Fig. 1, the mounting as a whole, as there shown, is made up of three units, a top unit i. bottom unit 2, and intermediate unit 1. Units i and 2 are of similar structure, each containing a base plate 4, an, annular resilient element, and a cap plate 5, the resilient element being preferably bonded to the cap plate and t0 the base plate. The unit 3 is a sleeve type mounting having a central sleeve 6, a resilient element I, and an outer shell 8, the resilient element being bonded to the inner member and outer member or shell.

9 and ill mark supported and supporting members. A stud II is secured in the member i0. It extends through the caps 5 and the shell 6. Spacing collars or sleeves I! are arranged between the ends of the sleeve 6 and the caps 5.

The member 9 is provided with a shoulder I: which engages one end of the'sleeve 8 and a plate I extends over the opposite end of the sleeve, the plate It being secured to the member 9 by screws iii. The shoulder l3 and that formed by the plate The resilient elements of the upper unit I are compressed and the resilient element 1 of the unit 3 is stressed in shear. Thus the two units supplement each other in carrying the load, but the deflection characteristic is the resultant oi the compression of unit I and the shear resistance of the unit 3. Here the unit 2, under the load, as shown, is out of action and remains neutral. Should the axial load reverse, the reverse action on the resilient elements takes place.

In Fig. 3 the mounting is shown as being subjected to a horizontal load Thus the units i and 2 are inactive and the unit 3 is moved radiallv, the dominant stress being through tension and compression in the direction of load with a slight shear eflect at the sides.

In Figs. 6, 7 and 8, the mounting elements are similar to those of Fig. 1 except that the.

The resilient element of unit 2 is relieved to some extent of its compression, and unit 3- is stressed in shear axially.

In Fig. 8 the mounting is subjected to horizontal load, so that the resilient element of unit 8 is subjected to compression and tension in the direction of the load, and the resilient elements of units i and 2 are subjected to shear stress by reason of the frictional engagement oi the base plates 4 with the members 9 and the plate It.

It'this load moves the parts a sufllcient distance, the resilient elements may afford suiflcient shear efiort to overcome the frictional engagement of the plates 4 so that the stress may be relieved to some extent by the movement and in the structure as hown the plates have been moved slightly off center as indicated. This sliding action of the plates produces friction damping which is advantageous under numerous conditions, and the point at which such sliding starts may be controlled by the amount of preload. In Fig. 9 units 2 and 3 are preloaded against each other but the relation of the spacing sleeves Rb and lie difiers slightly from the equal spacing of Fig. 1, placing that unit i with the mounting in neutral out or action. Other than this the operation in general is the same as that described as to the other figures.

InFlg. lilamountingsimilartoFig. 9isshown under axial load, the load being suflicient to bring the unit i into action and subjecting the resilient element thereof to direct stress. The load here, however, tends to release the compression of wit 2 but subjects unit I to shear stress. Thus there is a combined resultant oi these units in the action of the mounting as a whole.

InFig. 11 the structureissimilartothatof Figs. Rand but the moimting is subjected to a horizontally directed load, placing the resilient element of unit I under cmnpression and tension inthedireciionoftheloadandsubjecflngthe resilientelementofmiitl toshearstress.

InI-lg. 12 the-parts cowpond to those of Fig. 9 butjshow the parts subjected to an axial load which neutralizes theunits i and 2 so that under this loading the entire load is parflculascarried by unit 3 inshear.

Fig. 13showsastructuresimilartoFlg.1exceptthattheplate lihasanannnlarflange lie, and the plate lib with a flange lie is arranged atthebottomoffliememberfi. 'lheflangeala and liesecure the base plates I against lateral movementbutpermitfreeveriical movement. In

thestrucmreshowninflg. 13themouni1ngis so that under axial load the resilient element of ,one or the other of the units i and 2 is put under tension and the other of said units under compression. As shown in Fig. 14, the mounting is under axial load downwardly, placing unit i under compression, unit 2 under tension, and unit 3 under shear stress. As shown, the mounting is'also subjected to horizontal load toward the left, placing the resilient element of unit 8 under compression and tension and the resilient element of units i and 2 under shear stress.

From these examples it will be evident that these units may be made to supplement each other to provide almost any variation oi characteristics. Thus they may be made such that the resistance to movement is practically equal 1. In a resilient mounting having members for connection between a load and a support, a sandwich unit having opposed plates connected by a resilient element such as rubber, one sandwich plate being secured for movement with one oi said members and the other sandwich plate slidably engaging the other of said members to provide friction damping.

2. In a resilient mounting having members for connection between a load and a support, a sandwich unit having opposed plates connected by a resilient element such as rubber, one sandwich -plate being secured for movement with one of said members and the other sandwich plate slidably engaging the other of 'said members to provide friction damping, and means adjustabiy compressing the sandwich unit against said other member to vary the point at which the friction damping takes place.

3. In a resilient mounting having opposed members for connection between a load and a support and a resilient element such as rubber connecting said members and yielding in shear in one direction and in compression in another direction, a sandwich unit having opposed plates connected by a resilient element such as rubber and yielding in shear in said other direction, one sandwich plate being secured for movement with one of said members and the other sandwich P ate ly n in the other of said members for movement in said other direction to provide friction damping.

4. In a resilient mounting havin opposed members for connection between a load and a support and a resilient element such as rubber connecting said members and yielding in shear in one direction and in compression in another direction, a sandwich unit having opposed plates connected by a resilient element such as rubber and yielding in shear in said other direction, one sandwich plate being secured formovemmt with one of said members and the other sandwich platepresentedtoandi'reelymovahleinsaid one direction into and out o! abutting relationship with said other member.

5. In combination with a tubular mounting having: inner and outer members for connection betweenaloadandasupportandresilient matesandwich unit having opposing plates transverse to the axis of the tubular mounting and connected by resilient material such as rubber, one sandwich late being secured for movement with one of said members, and the other of saidsandwich plates being free to move laterally of the axis of the tubular mountin and slidably abutting the other of said members.

6. In combination with a tubular mounting having inner and outer members for connection between a load and a support and resilient material such as rubber connecting the members, a sandwich unit having opposing plates transverse to the axis of the tubular mounting and connected by resilient material such as rubber, one sandwich plate being secured for movement to one of said members, the other sandwich plate being presented to and freely movable into and out of abutting relationship with the other of said members, and a guide surface on the other of said members extending along the axis of the tubular mounting and slidably engaging the other sandwich plate to prevent its movement radial to the axis of the tubular mounting.

7. In "combination with a tubular mounting having inner and outer members for connection between a load and a support and resilient material such as rubber connecting the members, a sandwich unit having opposing plates transverse to the axis of the tubular mounting and con- 4 providea friction vforce resisting lateral move-- ment of said other plate.

LEON WALLERSTEIN, JR. 

